Can't We Be Friends

10 hrs. 38 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Authors Eliza Knight, Denny S. Bryce

Author Eliza Knight

Author Denny S. Bryce

Narrators Maria Ermakova, Saniya Galeeva

Narrator Maria Ermakova

Narrator Saniya Galeeva

Description

1952. During the heyday of music clubs and the golden age of Hollywood, begins the story of the friendship between two women: jazz queen Ella Fitzgerald and screen star Marilyn Monroe. One was rising to the top of the musical Olympus, while the other captured audiences’ hearts from the screen. When the actress needed voice lessons, she knew exactly who to turn to. Strong and fearless Ella, tender and fragile Marilyn… Behind those rapid career breakthroughs lay pain and disappointment: public prejudices, absurd desires of producers, success and failure in their personal lives. In the long-awaited moments of meeting, the actress and the singer, shedding their masks, share what’s most intimate. A sincere conversation, over crunchy salt pickles from their favorite café, proves more important than fans’ adoration—and more than once saves the friends on the brink of despair, until one day their paths diverge. This novel, woven from many backstage stories of stars’ lives, will win over everyone who believes in the power of female friendship.